Suzanne Thorpe

Professor of Legal Research Instruction

University of Wisconsin at Madison, B.A., M.A.
University of Minnesota, J.D.

Professor Suzanne Thorpe is recognized for her expertise in the areas of legal research and library administration. She is the Associate Director for Faculty, Research and Instructional Services, and oversees all public and faculty services offered by the University of Minnesota Law Library. She provides legal research instruction and is also responsible for collecting Scandinavian legal materials for the Law Library. In 2005 and 2008, Professor Thorpe taught Introduction to American Law as part of the Law School’s exchange program with Uppsala University in Sweden. She was appointed the inaugural Caroline Brede Scholar for 1999-2001.

Professor Thorpe earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. Professor Thorpe worked previously at Hamline University Law Library and at Hennepin County Law Library. She joined the University of Minnesota Law School library faculty in 1987. She has served as President of the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries and currently serves on the Executive Board of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Journal Articles

Researching Labor Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment, Employee Advocate: A Publication of the National Employment Lawyers Association 67 (2004); also available at LLRX.com (significantly revised version of the bibliography published in 91 Law Library Journal 367 (1999)
(with Laura Cooper)

Book Review, 10 Constitutional Commentary 277 (1993) (reviewing Thurston Greene, The Language of the Constitution: A Sourcebook and Guide to the Ideas, Terms, and Vocabulary Used by the Framers of the United States Constitution (Greenwood Press, 1993))

Book Review, 20 International Journal of Legal Information 187 (1992) (reviewing Andrew Evans and Per Falk, Law and Integration: Sweden and the European Community (Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1992))